Faucet



||I lana Patented `Ocf P. K. OLALLY.

FAucgT. (Application led Sept. 23, 1897.)

(No Model.) F11-1.1.

INVENTDR WITNFSEIEB:

UNITEDVV STATES `13A-Terri OFFICE.

PATRICK K. OLALLY, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO THE AMERICANAUTOMATIC FAUCET COMPANY, OF BERWICK, MAINE.

FAUCET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 612,267, dated October11, 1898.

Application filed September 23, 1897. Serial No. 652,734. (No model.)

l move the lever, and thus cause it to raise the valve from its seat.

.The present improvement relates particularly to faucets of theabove-mentioned class in which the lever is arranged so that the portionwhich projects from the faucet must be raised to open the valve, thearrangement being such that the lever can be raised by means of a mug orother vessel placed under the nozzle in position to receive liquidtherefrom.

The invention has for its object to provide a faucet of this characterwith means whereby the operator by varying the distance of the` portionof the mug that bears on the lever from the nozzle can correspondinglyvary the extent to which the lever is raised and the valve is opened, sothat in drawing effervescent liquids, such as beer, the extent of theopening of the valve can be made to depend upon the condition of theliquid, the valve requiring a greater opening when the liquid iscomparativelyiiat than when it is more lively.

The invention consists in a faucet having a downwardly projectingnozzle, a downwardly-closing valve in said nozzle, a valveraising leverpivoted to the nozzle and projecting laterally therefrom and arranged tobe operated by upward pressure against it, and a fixed elongated stop orabutment extending beside the lever and arranged to arrest the upwardmovement of a vessel pressed against the lever to open the valve, thelower edge of the lever being inclined relatively to the stop orabutment, so that the extent of the upward movement of the lever may bedetermined by the distance of the acting portion of the vessel from thenozzle.

Of the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,Figure l represents a side elevation of a faucet embodying my invention.Fig. 2 represents an elevation from the opposite side from that shown inFig. l. Fig. 3 represents a sectional view.

The salne letters of reference indicate the same parts in all thefigures.

In the drawings, a represents the nozzle of a faucet to which myimprovement is applied, and l) represents the downwardlyclosing valve,which has a downwardly-projecting stem b. f

c represents the valve-openin g lever, which is pivoted at c to thefaucet and is arranged to project laterally from one side of the nozzleto a considerable distance, the arrange` `ment of the lever being suchthat its projecting end has to be raised in order to open the valve, theextent of the opening movement of thel valve depending on the extent ofthe upward movement of the lever. The valve-stem b' bears upon thelever, as shown in Figs. l and 2. A suitable stop is provided to limitthe downward movement of the lever, the stop being in the present case alug c2, formed on the lever and bearing against the interior of thenozzle, although it is obvious that the stop may be arranged in anyother suitable way.

d represents an elongated stop or abutment affixed to the nozzle a andprojecting therefrom in the same direction that the lever c projects,the stop or ab'utmentd being in close proximity to the lever, so that avessel, such as a beer-mug, a portion of which is indicated by dottedlines at e, Figs. l and 2, pressed upwardly against the lever c, willstrike the stop or abutment d and will be arrested by the latter. Thelower edge of the lever c is inclined relatively to the lower edge ofthe stop or abutment d, so that at the outer portion of the lever itslower edge is nearer to the corresponding edge of the abutment than atthe inner portion of the lever. It will be seen, therefore, that whenthe portion of the vessel e that is used to raise the lever is held at aconsiderable distance from the nozzle, as shown in Fig. 2, the upwardmovement of the lever by the vessel will be less than when the saidportion of the vessel is held at a point nearer the nozzle, as shown inFig. 1, so that when itis desired to have only amini- IOO mum opening ofthe valve, l'as when the beer is lively, the vessel is held so that itwill bear against the outer portion of the lever; but when the beer iscomparatively iiat and a greater opening is desired the vessel is heldso that it will bear against the inner portion of the lever. Theoperator is thus enabled by varying the position of the mug or vessel eto produce the desired result in drawing the beer.

The outer end of the stop or abutmentcl is preferably provided with adownwardly-projecting ear d2 to form a bearing for the mouth of the mugand prevent it from slipping off from the abutment d.

f represents a strainer which extends across the interior of the faucetat a point above the valve and is adapted to intercept particles of-foreign matter which may be present in the liquid, thus preventing suchforeign matter from being engaged with the valve to interfere with theclosing thereof. The strainer may be of perforated sheet metal,wire-gauze, or any other suitable material. As here shown, it is clampedbetween two separable parts of the valve-casing in a manner which willbe readily understood without further description.

I claim- Y n A faucet having a downwardly-projecting nozzle, adoWnwardly-closin g valve in said n0zzle, avalve-raising lever pivotedto the nozzle and projecting therefrom, and arranged to be operated bypressure against it, and a fixed elongated stop or abutment extendingbeside the lever and arranged to arrest the movement of a vessel pressedagainst the lever to open the valve, the inner edge of the lever beinginclined relatively to the stop or abutment, so that the extent of thevalve-opening movement of the lever may be determined by the distance ofthe acting portion of the vessel from the nozzle.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specication, in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses, this 8th day of September, A. D.1897.

PATRICK K. oLALLY.

Witnesses:

C. F. BROWN, P. W. PEzzETTI.

